A Planet's Sidereal Year Is Different from Its Synodic Year

question 2

Multiple Choice

A planet's sidereal year is different from its synodic year because the

• A) Earth moves.
• B) planet's speed changes along its elliptical orbit.
• C) planet rotates about its own axis in addition to its orbital motion.
• D) the planet moves.

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